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[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I believe Hulu was the original offender.

[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Are we forgetting cable television?

[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Movie theatres

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, but that was a (slightly) different kind of fuckery.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago

Like basically everything, that was enshittification as well, Cable TV used to not have ads. That was a big part of the marketing compared to broadcast TV.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

I mean, Hulu was basically designed and owned by the cable companies. Not sure why that seems surprising for people.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

I think it was cable TV.